Our Mid-Century Door Color

After a few days with paint chips taped to the door we've narrowed down our eight door color options to two.

We've decided on blue over green and Gem Turquoise is leading the pack.

And we're keeping Tropical Tide around because we might need it depending on which grey we paint the trim, which is the next color we'll have to select.

I looks a bit bright when I break out my terrible Photoshop skills, but I promise, in person it's the perfect color to make a mid-century door pop.

Mid-Century Austin Find: Broyhill Desks

Uptown Modern in Austin has a set of Broyhill desks in their store right now.

They have a Broyhill Sculptra desk

And a Broyhill Brasilia desk

This is only the second Broyhill Premier Collection Sculptra desk I've seen for sale in Austin, the first one (which was also found at Uptown Modern) is sitting in my study. Uptown Modern has some other Brasilia items for sale currently, and they've promised even more in the upcoming weeks.

Mid-Century Front Door Color

We bought our Crestview Door Westhaven kit today, we went with double pane reeded for a little extra energy efficiency and privacy. And we've started to narrow down the color for the front door.

We started by thinking blue or green, and now we're down to a few shades:

They're taped to the door now so we can see what they look like from the street and in action. After a few days we'll pick our favorite. What's your favorite?

Crestview Doors Coupon

Crestview Doors is having an outstanding sale. You can pick up a $100 gift certificate for $50 or a $500 gift card for $375. There's a limit of one per customer and you'd better believe I picked one up yesterday.

You can use the card on any interior or exterior doorlite kit and clearance items. If you've been thinking about picking up a Crestivew Doors kit, now is the time to act because the sale ends at 11:59PM, April 28, 2011.

Decorating Your Mid-Century Doorway

Real Simple had a nice little feature on doorway accessories for different styles of homes. The one most applicable to a mid-century home is definitely the modern style, which could give you a nice mid-century modern look on your porch.

I really like the modern pendant light (photo above) that they call out, but there are plenty of good items to see if you're redoing your stoop.

On a side note: We've made some progress on selecting a color for our door. We're down to about six shades and leaning towards blue. I'll share soon.